foibles, and to guide them with propriety in the path of life they are destined to tread’. Contributions were included by Dorothy Kilner (M.P.) and Mary Ann Kilner(S.S.) as well as many of her own tales. Martin & James or the Reward of Integrity, a Moral Tale Designed for the Improvement of Children, was published by William Darton in (1791) and again by Darton & Harvey in 1798. It was also published in Dublin (1793 and Philadelphia (1794). Following the success of the ‘’Six Princesses of Babylon’’, the author was encouraged to attempt an adaptation from the second book of Faerie Queene in 1793. ‘’The knight of the rose. An allegorical narrative; including histories, adventures, &c. designed for the amusement and moral instruction of youth,’’ was published by Hookham and Carpenter, old Bond-Street; John Marshall, Queen-Street, and the author, then living ‘at the Juvenile Library, No. 259, Oxford-Street. The Visit for a Week; or, hints on the improvement of time, a didactic tale, was Lucy’s most popular work, entered by her in the Stationers Register August 5th 1794 and published by Hookham and Carpenter and for the author. It had reached ten editions by 1823 and t was translated into French in 1817 by J. E. Lefebvre. Eleanor and Jessey; or, the Queen of the May and Pastorals in prose. Or, moral tales, for the amusement of youth, were both published by John Marshall without any indication of authorship in 1798, but her translation ‘’A chronological abridgment of universal history’’, 1800, contains a list of books which indicates that they were both written by her. The Little Emigrant, a Tale. Interspersed with Moral Anecdotes and Instructive Conversations, was entered in the Stationers Register by Peacock December 28th 1798, and published by her 1799. A second edition appeared in 1802, leading to a 5th edition in 1826. A French edition, translated by the author was published by Le Tellier in Paris in 1826. The Life of a Bee. Related by herself, was advertised in ‘’The Times’’ April 2, 1798, published by John Marshall. The work was adapted from Noël-Antoine Pluche, Spectacle de la nature, and included chatty footnotes to get children interested in natural history. For Patty Primrose, or, The Parsonage House, she returned to the publishers Darton, Harvey, and Darton in 1810), who printed three editions by 1816. The two volumes of Friendly Labours or, Tales and Dramas for the